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When an animal is sick or injured; then, it might be wise to call a vet for help. A vet is a doctor that works for animals, pets, and wildlife. A vet is a good job in fact, but to get the degree and finish veterinary school is the hard part but the salary and job outlook looks very good. Some duties that veterinarians have to do are examine and diagnose animals’ health problems, treat wounds, perform surgery, and test and vaccinate for diseases (“Veterinarians” para. 11). The main service of a veterinarian is diagnosing and treating conditions of animals and pets (M, Taylor para. 2). Vets also have to calmly explain the condition of the pet, or the procedure the pet has to go through to the pet owner (M, Taylor para. 2). The article …show more content…

37). Vets need to also know what is wrong with the animal, so vets need to have problem-solving skills (“Veterinarians” para. 42). All vets have to have good manual dexterity,coordinated hand and finger movements,with the animals or pets (“Veterinarian” para. 19). Another important skill is to get along with the pets’ owners (M, Taylor para. 2). U.S Bureau of Labor of Statistics reported, “Most Veterinarians work in private clinics and hospitals. Others travel to farms and ranches, work in labs or classrooms, or even work for the government” (“Veterinarians” para. 20). About one- half of all vets would work with small animals like dogs and cats (“Veterinarian” para. 2). Almost one- fourth of all vets work with a mixed of animals like pigs, goats, sheep, and companion animals (“Veterinarian” para. 2). Now working with large animals, only a small number of vets work with large animals (“Veterinarian” para. 3). The range of animals that a vet works with ranges from guinea pigs to giraffes, it all depends on the vet’s employer (M, Taylor para. 2). There is many types of veterinarians like a Equine veterinarian which is a vet who works with horses (“Veterinarians” para. 15). A vet that works with farm animals like cattle, sheep, and pigs that used to be for food is a food animal veterinarian (“Veterinarians” para. 16). Vets that works with large animals would travel to ranches or farms to do veterinary services to animals

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